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Miscellaneous material

 Series — Box: 1, Folder: D:1-13

General

13 items:

  1. Carte-de-visite, probably of Landor: full face and shoulders of elderly gentleman. Legend printed on back: Photographic illustrations by J.D. Cogan, Bath [Landor lived in Bath from 1838-1858].
  2. Carte-de-visite of "E.W. Landor, Police Magistrate, W. Australia" [manuscript note on back of image]: full face to waist of middle-aged bearded man with striped cravat. Printed on back: Manning & Knight, Perth, W. Australia
  3. Reproduction of sketch "Walter Savage Landor aetat. 50." Mounted on card; back has a handwritten note, "From a sketch by Count D'Orsay."
  4. Another copy of item 3, not mounted, torn and crumpled.
  5. Engraving of Landor, aet. 77, from a painting by Boxall, with facsimile signature. Probably from Forster's book--proof?
  6. Another copy of item 5, probably cut from Forster's book.
  7. Engraving of Landor, ae. 29, from a painting by Dance, with facsimile signature, probably cut from Forster's book.
  8. Engraving of title-pages for volumes 1-2 of Forster's book, on heavy paper.
  9. Engraving of vignettes on title-pages [see item 8], on card.
  10. Manuscript "Motto for Mr Forster's life of W.S.L."
  11. Copyright registry Stationer's Hall. Receipt no. 942, 30th Apl 1869. Initialed E.C. Probably for registering Forster's biography of Landor for copyright.
  12. Handwritten note: "Landor. Letters and Reviews with regard to my Life of Landor."
  13. Reproduction of a note concerning the opinions of "Napolin Louis B." [Napolone III?] on Landor, dated Bath, 6 Sept 1846. Probably a proof of the facsimile (original inscribed in a book) in Forster's book.

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